Hi, It's already there:
- Provide advice (on request) with regards to other large-scale Wikimedia events to the community and movement bodies. *~Orsolya* 2013/4/23 Butch Bustria <[email protected]> > Hi, > > I suggest "Wikimedia Conference Coordination Committee (WC3)" so that > conferences similar to "*Regional Wikimanias*" or "*Thematic Wikimania*" > be accommodated. > > > Butch > > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 1:42 PM, phoebe ayers <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:17 PM, James Forrester <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Dear all, >> > >> > A small group of long-time Wikimaniacs have been working on the >> > perrenial plan to produce a "Wikimania Committee" - a community group >> > who would help steer Wikimania from year to year, advising each local >> > hosting team and ensuring that the processes are open, transparent and >> > community-led. >> > >> > Here are our drafts of what we think we'd want the committee to be >> > like, a charter, and the resolution which we're submitting to the WMF >> Board: >> > >> > * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee >> > * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee/Charter >> > * >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_resolutions/Wikimania_Committee >> > >> > Comments are very welcome; we're trying to get this done fairly >> > quickly, and of course we will iterate these plans as we get feedback >> > and hopefully more forward on the oft-stalled next steps. >> > >> > J. >> > -- >> > James D. Forrester >> > [email protected] >> > [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal >> capacity) >> >> I've been working on these documents as well, and am glad that we're >> once again moving forward on this idea. It's been discussed for a long >> time -- for at least the last five Wikimanias! >> >> And from the conversations I've been in over the years, I think >> there's been pretty broad consensus that having a community-driven >> oversight committee for Wikimania, as proposed here, is a good idea. >> The idea is that the committee would ensure continuity and planning >> from year to year as well as help provide oversight of annual >> conference planning; and it would be a more formal and representative >> mechanism than we've had in the past. After long discussions, I think >> we are finally (!) in a good position to make the committee happen >> now. Please add your feedback and questions, and help make this >> proposal better. >> >> I'm also happy to propose James as the initial chair of the committee, >> and also very happy that he's willing to do it :) He's been working >> hard at keeping the Wikimania process generally on track this year >> and for the past several years, has helped shepherd many ideas into >> this proposal, and is in my opinion the best person to get the >> committee off the ground. >> >> best, >> Phoebe >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > > > -- > Roman "Butch" Bustria Jr. > Vice President (2012-2013) > > Wikimedia Philippines Inc. > > ------------------------------ > > > The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only > for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the > intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or > the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this > message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the > original message and attachments. > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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